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Sometimes its hard, to wake up in the morning |
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Mind full of demons I don't wanna hear them anymore |
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Got me heartbroken, find so many babies screamin' |
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'Cause they seein destruction before they see a human bein |
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So they start smoking, we, will never get our day |
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Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape |
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'Cause they all broken, why do ghetto birds die |
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Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in gun smoke |
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And we, can all make a change |
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So I'm told but I haven't seen a change unfold |
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I'll keep hopin please, if you prefer to breathe |
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Communities in need, of people that will lead |
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Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try |
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Until the day I die, I promise to be wise |
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With my heart open, greed brings only misery |
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Away the tragedy, so I stay sucker free |
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Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise |
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Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die |
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Before they daughter open wise, my brother's speak wise |
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Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies |
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We can only learn to take, our anger and our hate |
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Control our mental state, settle down and set it straight |
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Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes |
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Before we set it, regret it later and let it escalate |
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'Cause by then its just too late, there's so much we can take |
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And there's only so much someone can swallow and tolerate |
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To the point that he just breaks, snaps, and its all it takes |
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You think that we was learnin from other rappers mistakes |
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But we ain't, its plain to go against |
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With every artist comes the image he portrays and the picture that he paints |
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But in the mist of all this anger and this angst |
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Never once did you heard me say I'm a gangster and I aint hear any complaints |
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But I know, that I will always continue to grow |
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As long as I lead, and never follow no one else's shadow |
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There will never be another me, and that I can guarantee |
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That's why the f**k I remain sucker free |
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To this day, the game, will never be the same |
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No matter how much fame and success they attain |
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There will never be another me |
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And no matter what they do, there will never be another you |
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You can search but you'll never find |
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You can try to rewind time, but in your hearts and your minds |
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We will never die, we are forever alive |
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And we continue growin |
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One day at a time |
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Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype |
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Rappers are regular people minus money and life |
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Seachin for fortune and fame and superstardom |
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All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crews the hardest |
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Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watchin |
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And the kids think beef, is they only option |
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Outlawz born filthy, guilty as charged |
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My memories live to die, my Makaveli lives on |
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You think the industry is fun, they no pity with guns |
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And when your money is up, that's when your enemies come |
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So if he died, and came back, would he try to save rap? |
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We needing a change, the drama remains |
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I spend my whole life, (yeah)fightin myself |
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That I can't win, so I'm invitin some help |
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And hey now then, I take rights and some lefts |
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I'm still, just like a kid, lookin for stripes on my belt |
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Yeah, that there is a fight in itself |
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So I just pray and hope God, take a like to myself |
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No matter how much I try, stay alive, I'm a die a man |
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Still standin there in love my pride |
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My heart fell for this bitch, we passed that |
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I'm tryin to keep some income comin and collect all my ass cap |
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The rappers in the game ain't changed |
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And I finally realize that we not in the same game |
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The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal with it |
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Them. 45's will pop killa's, yes I'm still with it |
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The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier |
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Gotta stay leery, and keep your eyes on the rollers |
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They do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us |
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So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin |
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One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind |
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Eminem and Outlawz |
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When we continue growin' |
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One day at a time |
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Damn |
